About Me

I was a reporter and columnist for 40 years for a chain of newspapers in the suburbs of Chicago. I'm a military veteran having served in the United States Army Combat Engineers (Cpl. E-4) and a Korean War veteran with an Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America

Saturday, September 26, 2009

After a call for help from Iraqi police, elements of the 27th Infantry move into the city and find themselves in a vicious firefight. TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HEREhttp://www.youtube.com/v/5Oamki1YoDI&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

The organization that keeps tabs on how many people visit my blog shows me someone in Washington, DC has been watching this video over and over again.AH-64 Apache helicopter observes a group of 7 insurgents firing from behind a street corner at US ground forces. The crew proceeds to destroy 6 of the insurgents with a single hellfire missile, and finishes the job by killing the last one with 30mm M230 automatic cannon fire. TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/j6JpBo7nVxs&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This live leak video shows US troops engaged in an action-packed firefight in Kunar, Afghanistan.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.liveleak.com/e/ae6_1253985039CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Video is a series of scenes from some really bloody ass firefights in Afghanistan. The music is "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor" and "Am I Evil."TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HEREhttp://www.youtube.com/v/tnhWUWR5ZJ4&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This video shows dramatic and sometimes graphic footage of US troops engaged in battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan. The video was made using a helmet camera. WARNING: Adult language.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/AGkGScHJbLE&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO